This is a concept I'm working on: Battleships so thin that they can engage their opponents offering a minimum target.

About this creation

The Blacktron II TS01 Heavy starfighter is the 1st model of Thinship I made. I was inspired by Steef's Longships (they actually came to mind as a parody of that theme). It's armed with two twin-mounted plasma cannons, and it has that thing in the middle, too. (I still didn't decide what it is, maybe additional shields)

Front view. This is ALL you get to see when it's attacking you.

Butt shot. (According to Kelso, always a win)

Opening canopy.

The cockpit and the control panel.

Form here you can appreciate in full its slender figure.

TS02 MAOX "Pranapheesh" light starfighter.

Now THIS is a difficult target! (You can actually see both sides of the pilot figgy!)

... and butt shot. All Thinships have their main shield emitters on the sides.

Group shot. Here you can appreciate the difference between heavy and light Thinships :)

I know I said that "Zurgo's Land" was my last MOC pefore the MOColympics, but I was experimenting with new designs and this looked so good...

Would you like to see more Thinships in the future? Comment! :)

EDITThe side attack issue: The thinships are meant to be a strike force, so they usually get 1st strike. Keep in mind that fighters with fixed weapons must always align themselves with their target anyway. Thinships would provide devastating frontal assaults to any formation thay're in. I think giving the ship some spin during disengagement (Like the Millennium Falcon did in "The Empire strikes back") should help defense greatly offering the enemy a blinking target.

I apologize for not asking permission before I posted, but I notice you already commented on my version! Thanks! I need to investigate the movie you mentioned. Sounds really interesting! Thanks for the inspiration!

Ah, yet another great set of creations. I must say that the thing I enjoy the most about your creations is freshness of them. It's always a treat to open up your page and see something new that's always so simple and crisp. Keep on building ~ Nowhereman

I like the concept. I think I will give it a try, only in a couple of dimensions, and without the VOAT cockpit. Let's see where I take this train wreck of an idea (my idea, not yours) that I have in my head...

Quoting Chris Phipson
It's nice to see a ship deciding to take care of itself and stay thin. It should always eat he right fuel and excercise regularly and... yeah, this line of joke is not as funny as I hoped it would be. Nice concept you got here Yuri. Hope to see more of them in the future. Good luck in the Olympics! ~ Chris.

It's nice to see a ship deciding to take care of itself and stay thin. It should always eat he right fuel and excercise regularly and... yeah, this line of joke is not as funny as I hoped it would be. Nice concept you got here Yuri. Hope to see more of them in the future. Good luck in the Olympics! ~ Chris.

i can never use that piece you used in the heavier thinship as a seat very well. it is just so oddly shaped that it forces you to build around it. not good if you are a
space-conscious builder like me. congrats on doing what i could not

its such a unique concept, everyone wants to build a big bulky cruiser and this simple look works well. Wonder when nasa will launch its first space-wafer. hehe. oh and man woulad a hanger be able to be filled well. they are like the smart car of space.

Like everything you build, these are very orginal! I really like the idea and the fact that you gave them cockpits is awesome. I wonder if they would have trouble entering or leaving a planet's atmosphere?

Ha, what a marvellous idea! Just awesome. Functional too. I can see a lot of potential in this. I was going to mention my longships, but I see that you already have ;-) Do you mind if I tried my hand at one?

this is a very unique idea, well done! and for the missing details of my red battle suit, it was an older MOC, so you can see it here http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/143334 ;) thanks for your kind comments ^^

Very good concept, just like disengagement bots, one of my newer projects, I won't be able to do them to scale, I don't think, but they are tiny little bots, just barely visible, that can go into a mecha, and seriously screw it's system up, even giving the controller the ability to take control of it.(wow that was a long sentence.)But Yuri, when you said I had a unique set of estetichs, was that a good, or a bad thing?

Quoting Luke Chapman
Wierd, I came this close to commenting on this just moments ago and then for some reason didn't, then I saw you'd commented on my VOAT and so I thought I'd oblige. This is indeed an awesome concept although I can't help but feel it's still a substantial target side on... or does it have a system of aligning itself so that it alway presents the slenderest possible target to any attackers? I prefer the second one, just 'cause it's a brick thick.

Well, keep in mind that fighters with fixed weapons must always align themselves with their target anyway. Thinships would provide devastating frontal assaults to any formation thay're in. I think giving the ship some rotation during disengagement should help defense greatly. Like the Millennium Falcon did in "The Empire strikes back" :)

Wierd, I came this close to commenting on this just moments ago and then for some reason didn't, then I saw you'd commented on my VOAT and so I thought I'd oblige. This is indeed an awesome concept although I can't help but feel it's still a substantial target side on... or does it have a system of aligning itself so that it alway presents the slenderest possible target to any attackers? I prefer the second one, just 'cause it's a brick thick.